(TITC) - In recent times, Vietnam has been continuously honored by the World Travel Awards as "World's Leading Heritage Destination", "Asia's Leading Cultural Destination", "Asia's Leading Culinary Destination", etc., showing that Vietnam is highly appreciated for its cultural resources in tourism development. Cultural tourism is not only a component of cultural industries but also the basis for creating resources to help preserve and promote cultural values in a sustainable manner.
After the success of the 3D mapping film “The Quintessence of Dao Hoc”, the Center of Scientific and Cultural Activities continues to release the film “Historical Book in Stone” - Journey of Knowledge Through the Light of Art. Photo: TITC
In Vietnam, although the cultural industry has only been mentioned in recent years, there have been a number of products that exploit culture creatively, contributing to diversifying Vietnam's tourism products, typically live shows with large investments in both content and art such as “The Quintessence of Tonkin”, “Hoian Memory show”, “Dance in the clouds”...
In early 2024, the Hanoi Department of Tourism announced 15 night tourism products, most of which are based on cultural and heritage strengths, including products such as the Hoa Lo Prison night tour, the night tour “Decoding the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long”, and the program "Legend of Youth - Living a Life Worth Living" at the Vietnam Women's Museum... which have truly left an unforgettable impression on visitors.
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In addition, Vietnam has 3 cities participating in the UNESCO Global Creative Cities Network: Hanoi, Hoi An (Quang Nam), Da Lat (Lam Dong), contributing to promoting cooperation between cities around the world in developing culture and creativity.
On 29th August 2024, The Prime Minister signed Directive 30 on developing Vietnam's Cultural industries. Accordingly, cultural tourism is identified as one of the cultural industries that need to be promoted to develop into an important service economic sector, along with handicrafts, design, cinema, publishing, fashion, performing arts, fine arts, etc. Culture is a resource for tourism development and tourism is an effective way to exploit the economic value of culture.
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